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Squalicum Creek Gasoline Spill

(Information on this site is considered to be accurate at the time of posting, but is subject to change as new information becomes available.)

As a precaution, City of Bellingham Public Works Department put oil absorbent boom near the outfall draining into Squalicum Creek.
 

 

Photo by Carl Andersen, Lead Spill Responder, Bellingham Field Office, Department of Ecology.

 

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Thursday, 11/01/07 5:00 pm

Ecology and the City of Bellingham responded to gasoline odors in a storm drain and high vapor concentrations at a gas station along E. Sunset Drive. It is not known whether this is related to this incident. Please see Sunset Storm Drain Spill.

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Thursday, 11/01/07 11:00 am

The Bellingham Public Works Department has collected additional water samples to help in assessing environmental impacts to Squalicum Creek.

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Tuesday, 10/30/07 4:38 pm

Ecology and Bellingham responders inspected the site.  No sheen was noted and no vapors were detected. The Bellingham Public Works Department is keeping boom at the outfall. 

Ecology’s Underground Storage Tank Unit has been notified about of this incident, which may be of interest because of the close proximity to the recent appearance of gasoline in an out-of-service sewer line under Sunset Drive. See Sunset Drive Sewer Gasoline Spill.

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Wednesday, 10/24/07 approx. 12:30 pm

The city of Bellingham received a report of gasoline in water from storm drain outfall into Squalicum Creek near Woodstock Way and James Street. The city put oil-absorbing boom just downstream of the outfall as a preventive measure to keep the spill from spreading. A very light sheen on the water was too thin to recover. Vapors were well below fire threat levels. Water samples revealed that the outfall contained 5.5 parts per million gasoline.